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Caroline Cournoyer

Senior Web Editor

Caroline Cournoyer -- Senior Web Editor. Caroline covered federal policy and politics for CongressNow, the former legislative wire service for Roll Call, has written for Education Week's Teacher Magazine, and learned the ins and outs of state and local government while working as an assistant editor at WTOP Radio.

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Philadelphia Joins Legal Fight Against Opioid Manufacturers
In an effort to help stop a "public health nightmare," the City of Philadelphia on Wednesday sued several regional pharmaceutical companies, claiming that their marketing methods have been so misleading, they have fueled the city's opioid crisis.
January 18, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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On Day 1, Phil Murphy Toughens Gift Rules for Himself and Future New Jersey Governors
Gov. Phil Murphy began his first full day in office Wednesday by signing an executive order tightening rules on gift disclosures.
January 18, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Is That Legal? Alaska Admits Recording Jail Conversations Between Inmates and Their Lawyers
For four years, a tucked-away monitoring system in a certain visitation room at the Anchorage jail recorded conversations between attorneys and their clients -- defendants in criminal court -- without anyone knowing.
January 18, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Louisiana Starts Collecting Online Sales Taxes
Online shoppers get ready. Louisiana is beefing up its efforts to collect taxes on purchases made from out-of-state internet retailers.
January 18, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Fed Up With Drug Companies, Hospitals Decide to Start Their Own
For years, hospital executives have expressed frustration when essential drugs like heart medicines have become scarce, or when prices have skyrocketed because investors manipulated the market.
January 18, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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If Courts Block Work Requirements, Kentucky Governor Threatens to Undo Medicaid Expansion
Gov. Matt Bevin says he will end Kentucky's expanded Medicaid program that provides health coverage for more than 400,000 low-income people if a court blocks the work requirements, premiums or other changes that he wants to impose later this year.
January 17, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Betsy DeVos Approves 11 States' Education Plans
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos approved 11 state ESSA plans on Tuesday.
January 17, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Children who have died from the flu this season as of Jan. 6. For the first time in CDC history, the flu has spread to every state.
January 17, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
The more I study history the more I think giving voting rights to others not head of household has been a grave mistake!
Facebook post from Casey Fisher, a GOP precinct chairman from Davis County, Utah. He has since deleted his Facebook.
January 17, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Pain Must Qualify Patients for Medical Marijuana, Judge Tells Illinois
A judge has ordered Illinois officials to add intractable pain as a qualifying condition for medical marijuana, a ruling that could greatly expand access to the drug.
January 17, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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